The International Standards Organisation has published a new international Standard called "Food products - Determination of the glycemic index (GI) and recommendations for food classification" (ISO TC 34).
Researchers from the University of Sydney, Centenary Institute and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital have found a way to increase the number of blood-forming stem cells when growing them outside of the body. Their findings have just been published in the leading biotechnology journal Nature Biotechnology.
An afternoon reception was held in the School of Molecular Bioscience on Wednesday Sept 15 to celebrate Philip's new role as Executive Director of the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, BioMedical Sciences Institutes.
Jerry Zhou has won a Cancer Institute of New South Wales (CINSW) Research Scholar Award valued at $45,833. The grant will help to fund his PhD research project and provide funding for conference travel.
Congratulations to Richard Christopherson, Ben Crossett and Stuart Cordwell who have won a Cancer Institute of New South Wales (CINSW) Research Equipment Grant for approximately $500,000 to purchase a triple quad or Q-TRAP mass spectrometer.
We have finalized the schedule for the Friday seminar series - it is going to be a cracking semester with a great mix of research areas and plenty of offshore and interstate talent to dazzle you with their science. Don't miss them!
The SPG had a great turnout at the 2009 Thompson Prize evening on 26 November hosted by Daniela Stock and Chu Kong Liew at the swanky new Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute building (the Lowy Packer Building).
The team of Glenn Condell (Examinations), Gareth Denyer and Dale Hancock were recently cited in the Vice Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
Associate Professor Margaret Allman-Farinelli has been invited to join the Research Advisory Board of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute based at the Australian National University.
The Excellence in Learning, Assessment, Teaching & Evaluation Committee (ELATE) won one of three Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Systems that Achieve Collective Excellence in Teaching and Learning.